Healthcare Scientific Evidence: Easily Overlooked, Often Not Put Into Practice - 20 April 2010

When breakthrough discoveries are made in health science — which could save many lives — they are often not put into routine practice around the world until many years later, according to Andy Haines, Director of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. He explained why this can happen and how it can be overcome at the 5th International Conference on Primary Health Care held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.